Clinical conference on management dilemmas: An expanding right upper lobe cavity

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 829-835

  Schnader, Jeffrey ^a,e   Katz, Adam S ^a   Smith, Robert M ^b   Field, Stephen K ^c   Albelda, Steven M ^d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

amphotericin B; aspergillosis; fungus; mycetoma; semi invasive aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029870256     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.3.829     Document Type: Article

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